Crowd-sourcing
Subtitle: Airbnb, Kickstarter, Uber and the distributed economy
Series: Lightning guides -- no. 007; Lightning guides -- no. 007.
Publisher: Lightning Guides
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Berkeley, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 124
ISBN-13: 9781942411451; 9781942411468
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Business enterprises; Computer networks; Online social networks; Entrepreneurship
Other titles: Airbnb, Kickstarter, Uber and the distributed economy
Description: "The Golden Rule: whoever had the gold made the rules. No longer. Now anyone with an idea can start a company. Anyone with a free couch can operate a hotel. Anyone with a car can be a taxi. Crowdsourcing has rewritten the economics of capitalism, and the repercussions are profound"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What's what? Crowdsourcing vs. crowdfunding; title: The web makes a way: The internet and increasing freedoms; title: Transparency and reputation management: Trust reigns supreme in the digital landscape; title: Potentials of participation: why should I join in?; title: Disputed distributions: Are all funds created equal?; title: Platforms with promise: Find the right funding; title: Campaigns you can copy: How to go above and beyond; title: Campaigns that couldn't cut it: Large goals, little follow-through; title: Much more than money: Airbnb is an online property rental marketplace; title: Uber enters the economy: The end of cabs?; title: Communes, co-ops, and shared economies: Let's talk collaborative consumption; title: How to build big: Everything you need to know to launch your next project.